New Zealand bowl; Herath in for Mendis

Brendon McCullum chose to play in a practical quarter-final in Chittagong, awaiting dew to form after in a evening, yet it had not arrived during toss time. Dew has shabby several Chittagong matches, with a group bowling second significantly hampered by a soppy ball.

Sri Lanka done dual changes to their XI. Rangana Herath transposed Ajantha Mendis, after Mendis had an costly run in a tournament, while Lahiru Thirimanne stepped in to a center sequence for a dangling Dinesh Chandimal. Lasith Malinga was captaining in his initial general in Chandimal’s stead.

New Zealand fielded a same XI that had absolutely degraded Netherlands on Saturday. The continue was approaching to sojourn excellent for a generation of a match.